2nd tier* League fixture
*Then known as Division Two

Chelsea 0     Notts County 2
                                           Christie 15
                                           Harkouk 57
 
 

Attendance :- 13,324
Referee:- T. Spencer (Salisbury)

Chelsea
Colours:- Blue shirts, Blue shorts, White socks
League Position:- before match 10th/22, after match 12th/22
Manager:- Bobby Gould (Caretaker)

1.   Petar Borota
2.   Gary Locke*
3.   Graham Wilkins
4.   John Bumstead
5.   Colin Pates
6.   Gary Chivers
7.   Ian Britton
8.   Mike Fillery
9.   Colin Lee
10. Clive Walker
11. Colin Viljoen

Sub: Peter Rhoades-Brown*

Notts County
Colours:- All yellow with blue trim
League Position:- before match 2nd/22, after match 2nd/22
Manager:- Jimmy Sirrel

1.   Raddy Avramovic
2.   Tristan Benjamin
3.   Ray O'Brien
4.   Mark Goodwin
5.   Brian Kilcline
6.   Pedro Richards
7.   Iain McCulloch
8.   Rachid Harkouk
9.   Trevor Christie
10. David Hunt
11. Paul Hooks

Sub not used: Ian McParland

Video of the match:- ITN filmed the game for a TV news report, the 49 second sequence includes scenes of crowd trouble as well as the goals by Christie and Harkouk. The film rushes survive in the ITN archive.

Top five going into the match (2 points for a win, 3 clubs promoted)

                     P   GA  Pts
1. West Ham United  39  +48   61
2. Notts County     40  +7    49
3. Swansea City     41  +18   48
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4. Blackburn Rovers 41  +12   48
5. Luton Town       41  +12   46

Today's other key results....
Bolton 0 Luton 3 (Stein, White, Stephens)
Britsol Rovers 0 Blackburn 1 (Speight)
Preston 1 (Bruce) Swansea 3 (L.James, Craig, Charles)

Top left; McCulloch. Standing; Goodwin, Richards, Christie, Kilcline, Hunt, O'Brien, McParland, Sirrel (Manager)
Seated; Benjamin, Wheeler (Trainer), Avramovic, Hooks, Harkouk, Wilkinson (Asst. Manager)

Up the Maggies footnote:
This victory secured County's return to the top flight after an absence of 55 years. Notts still had one re-arranged fixture to play the following week. The match at Stamford Bridge was held up for 15 minutes soon after Notts went 2-0 in front as Chelsea fans invaded the pitch to demonstrate against their Chairman. There was another protest at the final whistle which resulted in the crossbar at the Shed end being broken.
 

Notts County Season 1980/81
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